t’was not a very good joke
Not much today as I am busy with stuff before I go on a much-awaited holiday. More on that tomorrow. Just want to share something that I feel is relevant to social media use, especially for friends and readers who don’t follow certain tech blogs.
Last Friday, Michael Arrington of TechCrunch (uh, where else heh) blogged, “Joking Or Not, Official Or Not, Facebook Needs To Grow Up” . The story goes like this: Randi Zuckerberg, an executive of Facebook Inc, spokesperson for the company on many levels and sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg tweeted the following:
Original screen shot from TechCrunch
The tweet has since been removed. As Arrington said, he didn’t believe that Zuckerberg was serious about her threats. Perhaps she was merely frustrated at said bar and bouncer, something familiar to most of us who (used to) frequent bars and night clubs. However given Ms. Zuckerberg’s position, it was most unprofessional and she should have limited her personal opinion to her few close friends in private.
I akin it to [name] saying:
- Larry Page: It would be a huge bummer if Google ‘accidentally’ deletes Suanie.net from its index, haha!
- Todd Jackson: It would be a huge bummer if Gmail ‘accidentally’ deletes all suanie.net’s emails forever, haha!
- Evan Williams: It would be a huge bummer if Twitter ‘accidentally’ marks twitter.com/suanie as spam, haha!
- Gier: It would be a huge bummer if I ‘accidentally’ fire Suanie, haha!
- Ryan: It would be a huge bummer if I ‘accidentally’ ignore Ah Yi for the rest of my life, haha!
You get the drift. Not funny at all. So to my friends: when it comes to social media, you are associated with your company/ the company you work in whether you like it or not. You are the official/unofficial spokesperson and people will note what you say/ have said. Be wise in what you share in public 
p/s: does this qualify me as a new media douchebag? 
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Yes, now you are commentating on new media issue you are truly a qualified douchebag!
that’s y i twittttt less.
ST: woohoo, achievement at last
horng: actually that’s not an excuse
can tweet, but juvenile shots like that can keep at home la
Yayy!!
(I realise that by accepting your self-definition as a New Media Douchebag, I am probably presenting myself as one too!…)
but Ryan’s definition of “rest of my life” is about 2 hrs only.